The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-06
THE. SLY Err IMAGE.

"Oll. surely. come alongl Il. What
avails tito slts sin6ping in this lonely
place all night? Comet ehPn
Mot tonight, :" answer.
"Oh. bah! la vida es un fandango
"You think am great fool not to
dance at the ball tonight, eh,
FloriahP"
"Wen, yes.''
Florian and are both attaches of q
legation In Lima. 1t was my first
d p,omatio appointment and some years
ago now.
"Perhaps, amigo; but ! have much
writing TO DO and" --- -
Writing, che? What will Josefna
AMI Mercedes, and Carmen and Alicita,
and Do!ores, Paqulta and Consuelo do
when you are not ,there?"
Run you and console them,'' !
laugh ,ts4sEs
or u,rttl::I etssf IN 10, ~
5companying me.,".
'How sopn
"Oh, | heard to-day the legend at
tached to this house; it is enough to
make the blood run coldW
We'll, I am warm; tell it,
!. Ion know the house is over 800
years old2 Well, it.was built by two
bro;hers-Jews; men of immense
wealth. obtained by means of their sill
yer mines, especially the Mira
flOres"---
"Ah, that mine witch is now flooded
and which no science has been able to
drainl"
Precisely. Well, the Jesults, you
knOw"---E Elorian blinks his eyes ex-
pressiyely--"they say that Senor Jose,
the younger brother, h al made himself
an image in silver Of the Blessed Vir-
gin weighing forty pounds; that every
morning In one Of the rooms yonder he
fell upon his knees and, after the Gus
tom OF the. Jews, said his prayers, and
immediately afterward he took bunch
of rods, sharply tipped fancy! and
beat the image with the frenzy OF a
madman. Every morning, they said,
as the quarraquirri tapped three, the
Jew set to work on his dalnnable task.
Oh, say, look here. why do you startp"
,Florian pauses.
"Did II"
4; "Yes. 3Good--good You are al
ready becoming frightened
"Maybe; continue.
"Well; to make long story short,
you see, the Jesuits--they are very
clever---they seize Senor Jose and put
him in prison. Senior Jacob, lie is very
clever also; he offers the Jesuits money,
but they say no, that IN Spain alone
can so henous an offense be tried or
receive punishment or pardon. Senor
Jacob asks for the time to 60 to Spain
to intercede for his brother, and offers
a large sum for the privilege; not large
enough, however; he doubles it; no;
tre0les and quadruples 1t, almost beg
caring himself to do so-.and at last
the Jesuits accept his propositions. He
sets fcrth--5ut before he goes he spends
night away from homo, and the day
after he has sailed the Mirafores mine
.--the source of all his wealth--is found
to be flooded. AS you know. to-day it
remains the same.''
"And Senior JOSEPH
f"Ah, you are anxious! Well, what
do you thlnkp The ship was not out
Of sight Of the port Callao before Senior
Sose, together with his image, was
walled up--thlnk of it--imm ured.
buried alivel--in the room in which he
was said to have daily beaten it,
"What?,
HOb, but yes, assure you; and all
those Incredible noises that we have
heard are the spirit of Senior Jose beg
ging some charitable person to come
and release him from his Charnel
house. Say, you will come to the bail
now, ehp" Il
"By no MEANS"
"Oh, you are fooll'
"Oh, we'll, eto morrow you tell me
how many duennas you have clIded,
and how many delightful waists you
have clasped." !"
Florian hos left me,
/ blow out the candles; the curtains